Display-cabinet.



No, 781,759, I PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

l B.B.BART0N.

DISPLAY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.24.190'3.

Attorney Patented February 7, 1905.

Unseren STATES ATENT Ottica.

ELMIR E. BARTON, OF IVARRENSBURG, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-CABIN ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,759, dated February'7, 1905,

Application filed September 24, 1903. Serial No. 174,475.

To u/ wim/ft it 71u14/ concern:

Be it known that LFAAIER E. BARTON, a citi- I pieces of the main frameand provided with a zen of the United States, residing at Varrensbu rg,in the county of Macon and State of Illinois.y haveinvented certain newand useful `Improvements in Display-Cabinets; and l do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will l enable others skilled in the art to which it apl pertainsto malte and use the same.

This invention relates to an oil-cloth cabinet. The object of theinvention is to provide a device of this character whereby severaldesigns and qualities of cloth may be exhibited feeding' from the reelto the take-up roll, a

and permitted of being reeled off for sale.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of constructionand combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying' drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of myimproved machine. Fig. Q is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. I is a view of one formof cutter. Fig. 5 is a view of a different Yform of cutter. Fig. 6 is aview of still another forni of cutter.

I In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same partsof the invention.

A denotes the cabinet` comprising the vertical standards I, connected bythe upper cross-piece 2 and the lower cross-piece 3. Journaled betweenthese standards is the reelframe I, consisting of dish-heads 5 andlongitudinal strips G, connecting' them. Arranged in the peripheries ofthese heads are sci-eweyes T to serve as bearings for the reel-spindlesS, upon which the oil-cloth or other goods to be exhibited is placed.The axis of the reel-frame is provided with a crank t), by means ofwhich it may be rotated. Any number of these spindles may be mountedupon the reel-frame. As shown, each spindle S has a polygonal ond S/ forengagement by a crank-wrench 9, which is adapted to be inserted throughan opening' in one of the standards I for winding the cloth from theoriginal bolt onto the standard.

A take-up roll I() is journaled in the side longitudinal slot II. inwhich lits a hinged clamping-strip I2. This roll is provided with acrank I3, by means of which it may be rotated.

In the bottom of the cabinet isa sliding leaf or shelf IO, which may bedrawn out to support the detached portion of the cloth.

A Iixed bar II is secu red above the take-up roll. Alongitudinally-slotted hinged bar I5, which is adapted to be adjusted bysuitable linger-pieces I5@ b'ears on said bar II and is locked inposition thereon by a fastening IG. The bars II aud I5 form a guide forthe cloth brake to normally frictionally engage the movingl cloth andhold the portion thereof on the take-up roll taut to prevent the feed ofa surplus quantityof goods after the motion of the take-up roll has beenarrested, and a catch for the end of the strip or portion of the clothwhich is to be severed from the bolt or roll. The bar I5 further acts asa guide member, on which the cutting device may move ina determined pathto sever the goods in a straight line while the goods are held betweenthe same and the bar II, the latter sustaining the goods while the knifeis exerting' its cut.

Different forms of cutters are designated Ii', I8. and If),respectively. as shown in Figs. I, 5, and (j. The cutter 1T consists ofa headpiece IT and a triangular-shaped cutter-bIade IT", which isadapted to be moved in the slot in the bar I5 to sever the oil-cloth ormaterial. I`he cutter le has a ditlerently-slraped cutterblade, whichacts iu the same manner as the cutter-blade ITU. The cutter I9 isprovided with rotary cutter-disks, which also work through thelongitudinaI slot in the hinged bar I5.

In operation when it is desired to reel off a quantity ofoil-cloth from-any particular reel supported by the reel-frameI the end of the fabricis placed in the longitudinal groove of the take-up roll, and the hingedstrip I2 is then closed over the end of the fabric. thus securelyclamping it to the roll. The oil-cloth is now reeled olf by rotating thetake-up roll, and when the desired amount has been thus one yard, itwill be understood that when theA said roll has been once rotated whilethe cloth is attached thereto a yard of the said cloth will be wound onthe said roll, and hence the latter may be used for measuring purposes.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myimproved reel will be readily appreciated without requiring' an extendedexplanation.

It will be seen that the device is simple, that its construction permitsof its manufacture at a small cost, and that it is exceedingly welladapted for the purpose for which it is designed, and it will of coursebe understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and theminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim.I and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a display-cabinet, the combination of a frame or casing, a reeltherein and provided with a plurality of spindles for supporting boltsor rolls of cloth, a revoluble take-up roll provided with a clamp toengage and hold the free edge of a strip of cloth to be unwound from anyone of the bolts or rolls, and a guide for the unwinding cloth arrangedbetween the take-up roll and reel in the path of movement of theunwinding cloth, said guide comprising bars adapted to engage oppositesides of the cloth to operate as a brake thereon to hold the portion ofthe take-up roll taut, and one of the bars of said guide being providedwith a guide-slot whereby a severing device may be moved along the sameto sever the gaged and braled end of the strip from the bolt or roll,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ELMER E. BARTON. Vitnesses:

G. A. RANDOLPH, EATHEL RoBINsoN.

